For Rippon and others, bucking tradition is a risk-of looking unpatriotic, of alienating certain fans-but the alternative seems to have become more punishment than prize. What was once a proud photo op now risks being read as a de facto endorsement of an administration that actively threatens the environment, women’s rights, dreamers, poor Americans, and LGBTQIA protections. Going to the White House used to be an exciting stop on an athlete’s victory lap, but the thrill and the honor lose their shine when that White House is openly hostile to your community. Pence, a Republican who has long opposed same-sex marriage, said the move went beyond his office's internal policy of removing profane, inflammatory or uncivil comments, according to the.
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Super Bowl champions Chris Long, Malcolm Jenkins, and Torrey Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles have said they don’t plan to make the traditional celebratory trip to the White House-and who can blame them, after the president referred to any NFL players kneeling in protest of police violence as a “son of a bitch.” The 2017 NBA champion Golden State Warriors similarly declined-prompting Trump to (ever so maturely) withdraw the invitation. Indiana Governor Mike Pence has apologized after a series of pro-gay marriage remarks were deleted from his official Facebook page by staff members. Comedian Dana Goldberg on why she thinks the VP is in the closet.
Crying fake news can’t change his record-or the fact that, for many American athletes, it’s simply no longer an honor to meet the president or vice president. Pence may be “for” Rippon winning a gold medal, but he hasn’t been “for” the gay community, from his opposition to marriage equality, to his signing a 2015 Indiana law that allowed businesses to discriminate against gay people on the grounds of their religion. I wouldn’t go out of my way to meet somebody like that.” “I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren’t a friend of a gay person but that they think that they’re sick. “You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” Rippon said. delegation-because that delegation will be led by Pence, a man with a long history of supporting anti-LGBT policies. A Timeline of Mike Pence’s Discrimination Against the LGBT Community 2000: During his congressional campaign, Mike Pence said, Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage. It began when Rippon told USA Today that he’d prefer to skip the customary meet and greet between Olympians and the official U.S. in the Winter Olympics at the upcoming games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
figure skater Adam Rippon, who will become the first openly gay athlete to compete for the U.S. Following in the esteemed footsteps of his boss, Pence is now tweeting about his conflict with U.S. government and all, President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence wouldn’t have the time to regularly feud with athletes.
One would think that with (ostensibly) running the U.S.
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